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First of all, a magic trick is not a puzzle. In the audience's mind, they should not be thinking that it is just a puzzle that the magician knows the answer. An ignorant magician might claim that since the audience doesn't know the answer, they are "tricked." This is not magic. Magic should make the audience twist their minds in amazement. Successful magicians make sure their magic tricks don't have to be thought about too much. Good magic is simple in the minds of the audience. Second, it should not look like the magician just went out and bought a fancy prop that does all the work. Not to say that there is anything wrong with a fancy self working trick, only the audience should believe that the magician is the one who caused the magic to happen. A magic trick shouldn't leave the audience thinking that if they had $10,000, they could go out and buy all the illusions and be just as good the magician. Just remember, keep your magic tricks simple and your audien...

Effect: You fan the cards and the spectator takes the one card that you already know the identity of. The possibilities are endless for what you can do with this. It feels like a completely free choice to the spectators, but you will start to hit the exact card about 95% of the time if you use these simple techniques about the classic force below: Secret: First, a little history on this trick... The classic force. Many beginner magicians do not try this because they think it takes too much practice. That is the secret to this trick. Every time you are having someone pick a card, you should try to force a card to them. If you miss and they pick another card, have a different trick ready so that it doesn't look like you messed up. If they take the card, great! You are ready to perform a miracle. Read their mind, locate the card, pull a prediction out of your shoe with that card on it, etc... Here's how to do the classic card force... Start with the card you want to force on top o...